A study, carried out by the Digital Media Hub organisation to determine the UK’s favourite one-hit wonder listed I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) as number four on the list of the top 50 one-hit wonders in the UK.

However, while the number one on the list, Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles, arguably was a one-hit wonder, some have criticised the poll for including the Edinburgh-born band on the list at all.

With ten studio albums, countless compilations and even a hit musical based on their career, the poll omits many chart successes for the band.

The poll fails to take into accounts hits such as “Sunshine on Leith” which was adopted as a Hibernian anthem, “Letters from America” which was a top 3 song in the UK, and other songs placing in the UK top 40.

The Proclaimers play Party at the Palace 2016. Picture; Michael Gillen

Their songs have featured in numerous films with “I’m on my way” featuring in hit-animation, Shrek.

500 Miles was selected by a panel of 2,000 nationals from a 102 songs deemed to be “one-hit wonders” from the 1950s through to present day. With 21% of the vote, the Proclaimers were in 4th spot.

VH1 have also listed I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) as a one-hit wonder in the past, however, this was due to the fact that it was the only hit from the band in the US.